Martha Speaks

2008 • PBS Kids
4.4
220 reviews
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Season 2 episodes (15)

1 Raiders of the Lost Art/Martha Says It with Flowers
11/30/09
Season-only
Raiders of the Lost Art: After TD passes in the wrong drawing in art class (a caricature of his art teacher instead of a perfectly good drawing of the back of Chuck Smith's head), he panics. With Truman and Martha keeping an eye out for the janitor, Helen and TD sneak into the school after hours to switch the drawings. But will they get caught, or worse still, eaten by a desert mountain snow wolf? Martha Says It with Flowers: Martha always seems to do the wrong thing around Grandma Lucille. To prove that she's really considerate, she decides to do something really special for Grandma's birthday. But finding the perfect present for a human is a lot harder than it looks.
2 Martha Doesn't Speak Monkey!/Martha and Truman Get Lost
11/30/09
Martha Doesn't Speak Monkey!: Professor Monkey is coming to town to promote his craft books with co-author Beppo. But his directions to the bookstore end up under Bob the dog's fiercely guarded porch. Can Martha help Professor Monkey find the bookstore before Beppo turns in her banana suit? Martha and Truman Get Lost: Truman needs Martha to help him find something he lost at Dog Head Lake. The only problem is he won't tell Martha what they're looking for because he's too embarrassed. After getting lost deep in the forest and coming face-to-face with his fears, Truman learns a valuable lesson about himself and his...whatsit.
3 Best in Show/Truman on the Ball
11/30/09
Best in Show: Carolina decides to enter François in the dog show, and Helen just can't help herself. She has to enter Martha, too, so she can show Carolina who the true champion really is. A little competition between cousins isn't a bad thing, or is it? Truman on the Ball: Why does Truman want to become a hobo and/or join the circus? Is he actually trying to run away? Maybe it has something to do with tomorrow's softball game, and the fact that Truman can't actually catch the ball. Can Martha and Alice help?
4 Martha Gets Spooked/Martha Changes Her Luck
11/30/09
Martha Gets Spooked: Is someone fixing up the haunted house? If not, who ordered those flowers? Was it the ghost of Mrs. Parkington's Great-Aunt Martha? Whoever or whatever it was, Martha has to go in there to protect Helen, before it's too late! Martha Changes Her Luck: Uh-oh. Martha walked under a ladder-and broke a mirror-so now she thinks she's jinxed. And she's worried her bad luck is rubbing off on everybody else. Helen tries to explain that all the accidents are just coincidence, but things just keep getting worse.
5 Martha Runs the Store
11/30/09
Martha Runs the Store, Part 1: Skits and Martha are feeling desperate while they wait in the broiling sun for Helen to finish shopping. Fed up, Skits decides to follow the cool air into the store, and Martha has to follow to get him out. What are they going to do now that they're stuck in the bathroom and the store is about to close?! Martha Runs the Store, Part 2: Helen can't find Martha and Skits anywhere. Little does she know, they're trapped inside the darkened department store, trying to find the exit...when they aren't distracted by the comfy beds, overflowing garbage cans, and automatic tennis-ball shooter. Will they find their way out before it's time to blow out Mom's birthday candles?
6 Itchy Martha/Martha and the Thief of Hearts
11/30/09
Itchy Martha: Martha can't keep her paws away from her itchy ear mites. Until they're gone, she has to wear a cone on her head to keep her from scratching. Martha hates the cone; it gets in the way and makes everything sound weird. Worse than that, it terrifies Jake. Will Martha have to live in the cellar until she gets better? Martha and the Thief of Hearts: The gang decides to make homemade valentines for each other. But when everybody's art supplies begin disappearing, their affectionate mood begins to fade. Can Martha solve the mystery of the stolen supplies?
7 There Goes the Neighborhood/Ice Scream
11/30/09
There Goes the Neighborhood: Martha can't believe that Helen and Alice are making such a fuss about a kitten. Everyone knows kittens are not to be tolerated. But could this kitten be different? Ice Scream: Alice is shocked to discover that Truman has never actually tried ice cream. Alice thinks deciding you won't like ice cream without trying it is, well, prejudiced! Can Helen and TD find a compromise that satisfies Alice but doesn't force Truman to give in to peer pressure?
8 Nurse Martha/TD Gets the Scoop
11/30/09
Nurse Martha: Being able to translate animal speech sure comes in handy when Martha gets a job as the vet's assistant. But when Mrs. Clusky's niece brings her puppy to the vet - and he speaks nothing but incomprehensible puppy talk - Martha's going to need more than her linguistic skills to figure out what's wrong.TD Gets the Scoop: Carolina is starting a newspaper, the Carolina Town Crier, and she needs some crack reporters to track down the news. TD turns investigative reporter, until he becomes the headline himself. Martha thinks she's uncovered a real scoop, but Carolina disagrees, no bones about it.
9 Alice Twinkle Toes/Martha Fails the Course
11/30/09
Alice Twinkle Toes: Alice is a talented athlete, but grace is not her middle name. After she sees a performance of the ballet, she secretly wishes she could take ballet lessons. But how can she ever admit she's interested when she knows her brother Ronald will tease her mercilessly? Martha Fails the Course: After she sees a dog agility course on TV, Martha decides being an agility dog is just the thing for her. But when she tries out a course that Mrs. Clusky built for François, her agility dream becomes a nightmare. Now Martha won't even walk in public. How can Helen and Alice get Martha back on her feet?
10 Martha Sings/TD Makes the Band
11/30/09
Martha Sings: Martha wakes up singing and not just because she's happy. She can't stop! Helen and Martha visit the vet, some musicians, and an opera singer, trying to discover the source of her musical malady to no avail. Will Martha ever be able to talk without a tempo again? TD Makes the Band: Everybody's singing about Shecky the Sea Lion and it's driving TD nuts! He could write a better song than that, and that's just what he's going to do! He recruits the gang to join his band and then sets out to write a hit song...about Belgium? Inspiration strikes, but what will they do for an encore?
11 Skits Under the Weather/Martha the Weather Dog
11/30/09
Skits under the Weather: Martha and Skits hate the sound of thunder. One day Skits gets fed up and tries to outrun the storm, but soon discovers that all roads somehow lead back home. Martha the Weather Dog: Windy McCloud, Wagstaff City's meteorologist, wants Martha to be her weather dog. Martha's thrilled that she'll be able to change the weather to suit Helen and her friends, until she finds out she's not going to make the weather, she's going to predict it. But all her predictions are way off. What should she tell Windy?
12 Martha in the Doghouse/Martha Models
11/30/09
Martha in the Doghouse: Martha just wants a nice quiet place to take a nap. All she needs is for everybody to be quiet for, oh, 16 hours a day. Is that too much to ask? Helen and the gang try to help by designing a doghouse for Martha. Martha Models: Carolina is over the moon when she finds out that Mindy Munchhausen, host of "Operation Catwalk," will be judging Wagstaff City's dog costume parade. She teams up with Helen to design outfits for Martha and Skits, sure that this will be her big break. Is Carolina on her way to Fashion Avenue?
13 TD and the Steak Tree/TD and Martha Gopher Broke
11/30/09
TD and the Steak Tree: TD gets hoodwinked by Weaselgraft and Pablum into buying a steak tree. He's sure if he takes good care of it, soon he'll be harvesting freshly blossomed steaks. But when the buds open to reveal flowers instead of sirloins, TD has to think fast before he's humiliated in front of his friends. TD and Martha Gopher Broke: Martha, TD, and TD's dad spend the weekend at CK's farm, trying to keep a gopher from eating all the crops. After many failed schemes to catch the gluttonous gopher, they realize the best way to keep him from eating the crops is by offering him a better meal elsewhere!
14 Virtually Martha/Martha vs. Robot
11/30/09
Virtually Martha: While playing with Alice's laptop computer, Martha accidentally hits the wrong button and gets zapped inside! Will Helen figure out a way to get her out of there before those marauding video monsters gobble her up? Martha vs. Robot: Alice's family gets a robotic pet called Dynamo who can do everything a real dog can do and help you with your math homework. Martha decides to show that she's even more perfect than the perfect pet, so Helen won't replace her with a mechanical mutt. If that fails, can she work with Nelson to get rid of Dynamo?
15 Martha's Dirty Habit/Helen's All Thumbs
11/30/09
Martha's Dirty Habit: Every spring, Martha gets an urge to dig that she just can't control. When Martha's habit gets her in trouble with the whole neighborhood, the family decides they need to put her desire to dig to good use. Helen's All Thumbs: Ronald gives Helen his old gamekid, and pretty soon she's hooked! She forgets to walk Martha, neglects her homework, and becomes completely preoccupied. When Helen forgets to feed Martha and Skits again, and misses the fieldtrip because she forgot her permission slip, she turns to Martha for help. Can Helen break the habit?

About this show

From PBS KIDS - What would happen if your dog could speak? Find out on Martha Speaks. The series follows the adventures of Martha, whose appetite for alphabet soup gives her the power of speech. The series is designed to address the substantial vocabulary deficit common to many children, targeting children ages 4-7 as well as parents and teachers.

Ratings and reviews

4.4
220 reviews
Ruben Rivera Rivera
July 3, 2022
Pbs kids does it yet again by creating another obnoxious and stupid kid show, unlike the others Martha speaks is nothing but hot garbage, an entire theme song that plays in your head for all the wrong reasons, the entire plot of Martha being able to speak fluent English by eating alphabet soup makes absolutely no sense and just serves as a plot device and when they do explain it it's just more confusing, and an unlikable generic cast that makes this show worse 1/10
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Anastasia Christiansen
September 28, 2017
It helps my kids to learn more words to improve their vocabulary. This is most helpful for kids around 3rd grade up to 5th grade. If you love words this is for you. Also this is really funny as well. They mix in education and funniness together and you get Martha Speaks. My suggestion is to let your kids watch this.!!!! Do it or your not being s good parent!!!!!
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Sonic Boom The Hedgehog
June 24, 2018
I LOVE Martha Speaks. I actually watched it when it first Aired On TV. It's too bad the Show got Cancelled and they didn't get to make another Season. Other than that Good Show. Very Educational.
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